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150th Anniversary of London Underground - 9 January 2013
Royal Mail celebrates the start of its 2013 stamp programme with ten new stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground – the oldest underground railway network in the world.The stamps were issued exactly 150 years after the opening in 1863 of the first part of what was to become London’s Underground, the steam-driven Metropolitan Railway running between Paddington Station and Farringdon Street via Kings Cross.
As well as a set of 6 stamps, this miniature sheet showing London Underground posters was issued.
1st Class London Underground Posters
Reproductions of three classic London Underground Posters: Golders Green (1908) by an unknown artist 1908; By Underground to fresh air (1915) by Maxwell Armfield; Summer Sales (1925) by Mary Koop.
77p London Underground Posters
Reproductions of three classic London Underground Posters: For the Zoo (1921) by Charles Paine; Power (1931) by Edward McKnight-Kauffer and The seen (1948) by James Fitton.
87p London Underground Posters
Reproductions of three classic London Underground Posters: A train every 90 seconds (1937) by Abram Games; Thanks to the Underground (1935) by Zero (Hans Schleger) and Cut travelling time, Victoria Line (1969) by Tom Eckersley.
£1.28 London Underground Posters
Reproductions of three classic London Underground Posters: The London Transport Collection (1975) by Tom Eckersley; London Zoo (1976) by Abram Games and The Tate Gallery by Tube (1987) by David Booth (Fine White Line Design).
